Technique For Bass Guitar Players

Keb' Mo's lesson is aimed at players who want to get comfortable with the basics of traditional country blues and then go on to more contemporary blues-based tunes. Working in the key of E, Keb' shows how turnarounds and harmonized scale passages can be the basis for developing fluid phrases in a Robert Johnson style blues tune. He teaches his original tunes Perpetual Blues Machine and Angelina, both in A and employing a rhythmic alternating bass style. Keb' Mo includes some jazz-oriented chords (F7b5, G13 and E11) that add spice and interest to the songs.

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Learn to back up bluegrass songs, fiddle tunes, contest pieces and Texas swing standards like a pro! Master flatpicker and teacher Steve Kaufman takes rhythm playing to a whole new level with this in-depth lesson, specially formulated for players who want to go beyond the basics. Steve passes along a complete understanding of great rhythm technique as he builds your skills through exercises and play-along sessions. You'll develop "muscle memory" to get to difficult chords quickly, learn percussive pick strokes, develop your ear for filling out back-up parts, and grasp how it all fits together to create solid bluegrass rhythm guitar.

Remastered, with the CD versions containing a whole host of addition extras including a double CD of the album, a live set and an additional DVD of live performances, rehearsals and photos all compiled from the bands own personal archives.

It’s exciting to review two preeminent musicians in their first-ever collaboration, Pickin‘, to be released on November 3, 2017, on Acoustic Disc. Tommy Emmanuel shows why he has been named one of only five Certified Guitar Players (CGP) by the late master himself, Chet Atkins, with his mixture of Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, Folk and Rock. David “Dawg” Grisman continues to be the premiere player of Dawg Music with his unique combination of Bluegrass, Jazz and Folk on the mandolin….